Ongoing

Since 2011 and her solo work Loïe Fuller : Research, Ola Maciejewska has been forging a path alongside Loie Fuller’s serpentine dance. Each of her pieces is woven with a keen awareness of the echoes and extensions stemming from the movements sculpted by the American choreographer in the late 19th century. Ola Maciejewska explores with deep interest the movements of matter and the forms it produces, always in flux, opening a field of study for the metamorphosis ever-present in nature. In Ongoing, five performers slip beneath swirls of fabric, displacing volumes of air sculpted by the veils and their movements. She examines the traces left by these large drapes on the dancing bodies. Forms inspired by the spirals of seashells, planetary movements, geological strata, and micro- and macro-movements are also woven into this choreographic language. Ongoing explores how bodies experience these repercussions, this vast continuity of movements constantly undergoing transformation.

Ola Maciejewska

A choreographer and dancer, Ola Maciejewska was born in Poland and lives in France. Her work focuses in particular on the tensions between materiality and transience. Through the lens of these questions, she offers a critical interpretation of the history of dance. By exploring the intersections between dance and the visual arts, her series of works centred on serpentine dances invites the viewer to reflect on the process of metamorphosis and the hybrid nature of movement. In 2023, she created The Second Body at the Ménagerie de Verre in Paris. She teaches as a guest artist at institutions including the HEAD in Geneva, the Beaux-Arts in Paris, and for a residency at the CND in Pantin.